how array can be declare in cobol?

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how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / sivakumar s

Array can be declared in cobol using the OCCURS clause.

Syntax is,

For one dimensional array,

01 Arrays.
05 Var1 PIC X(10) Occurs 10 times.


For two dimensional array,

01 Arrays.
03 AAA Occurs 10 times
05 BBB Occurs 10 times
07 Value PIC 9(3).

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how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / ahmed

01 ARRAYNAME
05 ARRAY-RECDFORMAT OCCURS 20 TIMES
10 ARRAYNAME-FIELDNAME1 PIC X(20)
10 ARRAYNAME-FIELDNAME2 PIC X(30)

AND WE CAN ACCESS THIS ARRAY BY USING SUBSCRIPT...
LIKE DISPLAY ARRAY-NAME(I)
AND ALSO INDIVIDUAL FIELD: DISPLAY ARRAYNAME-FIELD1(I)

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how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / vinay gautam

working-storage section.
77 index1 pic 9 value 1.
01 week value 'montuewedthufrisatsun'.
03 days pic x(3) occurs 7 times indexed by idx.
procedure division.
perform varying index1 from 1 by 1 until index1 >= 8
display days(Index1)
compute index1 = index1 + 1
end-perform.
stop run.

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 1 No

how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / ashish

we declare table as
01 SALES-OF-YEAR-2010 OCCURS 12 TIMES indexed by YY.
02 MONTH PIC A(10).
02 NUM-OF-UNITS PIC 9(7).
02 PRICE-OF-UNIT PIC 9(5).

and we can call table elemnts as follows

procedure division.
.......
.......
MOVE 1 TO YY.
DISPLAY MONTH(YY).

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 5 No

how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / vinay gautam

This is a working example of 1D arrey...
in last ex. o posted there was a comment line......


Working-storage section.
77 index1 pic 9 value 1.
01 week value 'montuewedthufrisatsun'.
03 days pic x(3) occurs 7 times indexed by idx.

Procedure division.
perform varying index1 from 1 by 1 until index1 >= 8
display days(Index1)
End-Perform.
stop run.


Regards Vinay Gautam

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 1 No

how array can be declare in cobol?..

Answer / rajesh

Array can be declared in cobol using the OCCURS clause.

Syntax is,

For one dimensional array,

01 Arrays.
05 Var1 PIC X(10) Occurs 10 times.


For two dimensional array,

01 Arrays.
03 AAA Occurs 10 times
05 BBB Occurs 10 times
07 Value PIC 9(3).

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 5 No

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